Breaking the rules? Barbera and seafood can be a match made in heaven.
It’s one of the oldest taboos of historic gastronomy: Never serve red wine with fish. No one knows for certainContinue Reading
Author: Do Bianchi
A humanistic perspective onto the world of Italian food, wine, and culture.
Rouchet (Ruché) vertical tasting notes
The following are tasting notes by Australian Burgundy lover and intrepid wine traveler Greg Love, who recently visited Scarpa andContinue Reading
Scarpa La Bogliona at L'Oca d'Oro, one of Austin's "top ten restaurants 2019" (Austin American-Statesman)
“You have the beauty of summer cucumbers to play off the bitter salinity of the vegetable,” wrote Austin American-Statesman foodContinue Reading
Salsiccia di Verduno (and a couple of vitello tonnato sightings)
The Scarpa English-language blogger recently found himself at the LHANGAR wine bar in the village of Barolo where he hadContinue Reading
Top wine writer Michael Godel names La Bogliona one of his "Nineteen mind-blowing wines of 2019."
Here’s what top Canadian wine writer Michael Godel (one of our favorites) had to say about the 1996 Scarpa BarberaContinue Reading
I Bricchi "shows such a deft and silky touch, while remaining downright amiable"
“Monferrato’s Scarpa,” writes one of our favorite wine bloggers, Kevin Day, author of Opening a Bottle, “has experienced a renaissance,Continue Reading
U.S. friends: Please voice your concerns about pending wine tariffs by writing to your representatives
American friends and wine lovers, As you are probably already aware, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is currently considering theContinue Reading
